Single Idea 4221

[catalogued under 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive]

Full Idea

It is sometimes said that modern physics requires us to espouse an event-ontology, rather than a thing-ontology.

Clarification

An 'onotolgy' specifies what exists

Gist of Idea

Maybe modern physics requires an event-ontology, rather than a thing-ontology

Source

E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.233)

Book Reference

Lowe,E.J.: 'A Survey of Metaphysics' [OUP 2002], p.233


A Reaction

It has to be a mistake to build our philosophical ontology on current physics, because even the physicists say they don't understand the latter very well.